The San Marcos Foothills Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770514730
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8058980406
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$21
Expenses
$85,933
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • thomas stone (Vice President)
  • james hurley (President)

People named in this filing

  • mark holmgren (Secretary)
  • karin van Hoek (Treasurer)
  • thomas stone (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Preservation of san marcos foothills.

What it reported doing in 2015

Preservation of san marcos foothills. Education & planning - public contact and outreach to insure preservation of the san marcos foothills. The organization publishes scientific studies to that end. Publications include the plan for the preservation and stewardship of the san marcos foothills. Hard copies of the plan are available to the public as well as copies on the organization's website, wwww.sanmarcosfoothills.org. The organization conducts much of its own geological and biological research studying the geology, birds, other wildlife, vegetation, erosion, and archealogical sites. The organization also does habitat restoration. As part of its outreach program, the organization provides speakers for lectures and publishes a newsletter that reaches approximately 1,000 people by mail and more on the internet. Additionally, it AIDS in the purchase of land to be permanently set aside for open space preservation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -409,104.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 73.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -48.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

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  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.